Something for the Weekend – 20/12/25

With Christmas subsequent week and the way the weekends have fallen round it, we’ve made it via to what would be the ultimate weekly spherical up of 2025. We’ve kicked off our personal Recreation of the Yr awards this week, however there was nonetheless loads of information, sport updates, patches and extra to report on, and video games to wrap up in evaluate. Right here’s what’s occurred.

Within the Information This Week

As you’d anticipate, it was good and relaxed this week. Wait, what do you imply there was a complete furore about AI, and it was Larian on the centre of the maestrom?

Recreation of the Yr 2025

We’ve dished out a handful of plaudits to date, and with extra to come back via the top of the 12 months. Right here’s the awards to date:

Video games in Evaluation & Featured Articles

A little bit of mopping up with opinions for the top of 2025, right here’s the verdicts we dished out:

• Aaero2: Black Razor Edition – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 9/10
• Neon Inferno – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 9/10
• Sleep Awake – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
• Thief VR – PSVR 2, PC VR, Quest 2 & 3 – 6/10
• The Last Case of John Morley – PS5, PC – 5/10

Dom additionally had some {hardware} opinions for the Edifier Hecate G2000 Pro audio system (and all their fancy lighting), and for the way more sensibly styled RIG R5 Pro HS gaming headet.

Past the opinions, Steve went again to Greedfall: The Dying World with the newest main replace to the Early Entry launch making large strides to handle early criticisms.

Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Aaero 2, Demeo x D&D Battlemarked and Silent Hill f.

Trailer Park

Splitgate is back today, with a new name, new mechanics and a whole new outlook

Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven launches January 22nd

That’s all for the spherical up this week. Benefit from the weekend, and should you’re not checking in via the remainder of our GOTY awards, ultimate handful of opinions and any breaking information, I hope you’ve got a beautiful Christmas and New Yr.